Basketball Federation of Kosovo

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Basketball Federation of Kosova
SportBasketball
JurisdictionKosovo
AbbreviationFBK
Founded1991
HeadquartersPrishtina
PresidentErolld Belegu
Official website
www.basketbolli.com

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (Albanian: Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës, Serbian: Кошаркашки савез Косова / Košarkaški savez Kosova) is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo.[1][2]

It organizes the Kosovo Basketball League and the Kosova Basketball Cup. It has also fielded a team which has represented Kosovo in international friendlies.


History

Kosovo Basketball Federation was founded in 1991.During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had own Superleague and lower divisions in both genders.In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from Yugoslavian system, organising its own league based with different teams from major cities of Kosovo. Kosovo was not allowed to play international matches, not even friendlies by FIBA, until 2015 when Kosovo Basketball Federation became official member of FIBA World and FIBA Europe. The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was denied entry into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the latest rejection taking place in Beijing at the annual FIBA Central Board meeting on 26 April 2008, with the reason: "Kosovo has not fulfilled all required conditions".[3]

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was accepted as a full member of FIBA on 13 March 2015.[4] Serbian basketball federation KSS seeks to ban any Kosovo vs Serbia games.[5]

Kosovo competitions

Men

Women

  • ETC Women Superleague

International competitions

Senior teams

Youth teams

U 20

U 18

U 16

U 14

See also

References

  1. ^ FBK webpage
  2. ^ eurobasket Archived May 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ FIBA Basketball - FIBA Central Board Meeting in Beijing, Sports Features Communications, 26 April 2008. Link accessed 2008-04-27.
  4. ^ "Kosovo becomes 215th National Member Federation of FIBA". FIBA. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ^ Саопштење за јавност Кошаркашког савеза Србије (in Serbian), Basketball Federation of Serbia, 2015-03-14 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)[permanent dead link]

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